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+{{/* vim: set filetype=mustache: */}}
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride }}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.chart" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Common labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.labels" -}}
+helm.sh/chart: {{ include "metallb.chart" . }}
+{{ include "metallb.selectorLabels" . }}
+{{- if .Chart.AppVersion }}
+app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
+{{- end }}
+app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Selector labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.selectorLabels" -}}
+app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "metallb.name" . }}
+app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the controller service account to use
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.controller.serviceAccountName" -}}
+{{- if .Values.controller.serviceAccount.create }}
+{{- default (printf "%s-controller" (include "metallb.fullname" .)) .Values.controller.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- default "default" .Values.controller.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the speaker service account to use
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.speaker.serviceAccountName" -}}
+{{- if .Values.speaker.serviceAccount.create }}
+{{- default (printf "%s-speaker" (include "metallb.fullname" .)) .Values.speaker.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- default "default" .Values.speaker.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the settings Secret to use.
+*/}}
+{{- define "metallb.secretName" -}}
+    {{ default ( printf "%s-memberlist" (include "metallb.fullname" .)) .Values.speaker.secretName | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "metrics.exposedportname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.prometheus.secureMetricsPort -}}
+"metricshttps"
+{{- else -}}
+"metrics"
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "metrics.exposedfrrportname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.speaker.frr.secureMetricsPort -}}
+"frrmetricshttps"
+{{- else -}}
+"frrmetrics"
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "metrics.exposedport" -}}
+{{- if .Values.prometheus.secureMetricsPort -}}
+{{ .Values.prometheus.secureMetricsPort }}
+{{- else -}}
+{{ .Values.prometheus.metricsPort }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- define "metrics.exposedfrrport" -}}
+{{- if .Values.speaker.frr.secureMetricsPort -}}
+{{ .Values.speaker.frr.secureMetricsPort }}
+{{- else -}}
+{{ .Values.speaker.frr.metricsPort }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}